weird and wonderful Italy

Month: November 2015

Ghouls will like wandering the halls of the monastery, but they will love the Museo di Storia Naturale di Pisa. No petting zoo this, although local families do bring their young’uns here in droves, especially over the weekends. Come on a weekday afternoon, when the tide of school groups has ebbed, and you will have … More Pisa, Calci Part II, the Natural History Museum

Stinkhorn. The name says much about meets the nose, little about what greets the eye.These strikingly beautiful fungus, whose scientific name is Clathrus Ruber, thrive on decay. Their structures are divine, their insides all slime. … More Ghoul’s Flora

http://www.luccacomicsandgames.com/ Lucca Comics and Games is when even the exsiccated come alive and smile. Suddenly, from a quiet, pious, upstanding type of town Lucca becomes the reign of white contact lenses, black lipstick, green fingernails and purple prose. This is the time when there’s something for everyone and everyone who wanted to be someone else … More Lucca Comics and Games